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Land of the Lamas - Adventures in Secret Tibet


Goullart, Peter

NY, Dutton, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. 221 pages. Small ink notations on front end paper.

Record # 69428


Price: $15.00 

 

Last Dalai Lama, The


Goodman, Michael

Hardcover. Boston, 1st, May 12, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 364 pages, b&w photographs. Business card of the assistant secretary to the Dalai Lama laid in. Light fading to price-clipped dust jacket. Foxing, staining to top and fore-edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451776


Price: $20.00 

 

Last Governor, The


Dimbleby, Jonathan

Hardcover. Doubleday Canada, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 461 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear to dust jacket. Very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 454087


Price: $20.00 

Ledoux Heritage, The : The Collecting of Ukiyo-E Master Prints Jenkins, Donald

Ledoux Heritage, The : The Collecting of Ukiyo-E Master Prints


Jenkins, Donald

Softcover. New York, Japan Society, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 62 plates (black-and-white and color). Includes glossary and bibliography. 8.5x8 inches. Clean copy. Light fading to spine.

Record # 412031


Price: $19.00 

Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia, TheStarr (Ed.), S. Frederick

Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia, The


Starr (Ed.), S. Frederick

Softcover. Armonk NY, M.E. Sharpe, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, about 26 pages with ink marking, mostly underlining.

Record # 403002


Price: $12.00 

 

Legend of King Absoka, The : A Study and Translation of the Absokeavadeana


Strong, John S.

Softcover. Princeton University Press, 1st pb, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Heavy sun-fade along spine, previous owner's signature on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459093


Price: $69.00 

 

Les Civilisations de L'Orient (4 Volume Set: L'Orient, L'Inde, La Chine, Le Japon) (FRENCH TEXT)


Grousset, Ren

Hardcover. Paris, France, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volume Set. Hardcover. FRENCH TEXT. B/w illustrations throughout. Former owner's bookplate on front endpapers of all 4 books. Multi-color cover boards with brown leather quarter/spine and matching leather corners. Cover boards have some agewear. Spine has raised bands with paste down title labels in gilt. Leather is showing age wear and worn at edges and spine, in places. Tanning from age throughout and foxing to top edges. Gutters split in some areas, but no pages are detached or missing. Beautiful, old set that is "a general introduction to the study of the arts in Asia for the cultivated public." Vol.1: L'Orient: 362 pages; Vol. 2: L'Inde: 370 pages;Vol. 3: Le Chine: 360 pages; and Vol. 4: La Japon: 319 pages.

Record # 31653


Price: $125.00 

 

Letters From the Asiatic Station 1881-1883


Bunts, Frank Emory

Hardcover. Cleveland, Ohio, Alexander T. Bunts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Limited first edition copy. Minor fading on blue cloth cover. Faded sticker mark on front flyleaf. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852334


Price: $35.00 

 

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague - Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Which contain, among other curious relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks - Drawn from Sources that hav

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Aurora Book Stores, 1st Thus, 1801, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1 only. 147 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Brown leather covers. Red spine label with title in gilt - chip missing from bottom third of label. Pages tanned. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Missing half of rear endpaper. 2 1/4" X 1/2" piece missing at top of title page. Narrow separation at very top of rear cover hinge - approximately 3/4". Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610542


Price: $100.00 

 

Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809


Broughton, Thomas Duer

Hardcover. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, Reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages. Hardcover. Reprint. Black & white illustrations. Fold-out map in rear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611991


Price: $23.00 

 

Life of Ogyu Sorai - A Tokugawa Confucian Philosopher, The


Lidin, Olof G.

Softcover. Sweden, Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Text clean and bright. Cover shows standard wear.

Record # 608003


Price: $35.00 

 

Life of the Sufi Poet of Love, The


Gooch, Brad

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 377 pages. Hardcover. Decked foreedge. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Buff cover boards, blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Spine slightly cocked. Binding tight. Pages clean. In great shape. The life of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born more than 8 centuries ago.

Record # 32124


Price: $15.00 

 

Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation - Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism, The


Arnold, Edwin

Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1st, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages plus 20 pages of reviews. Darkening to spine cloth. Gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Minor fraying to cloth at top of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608730


Price: $35.00 

Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History(Parley's Cabinet Library)Goodrich, Samuel G.

Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History(Parley's Cabinet Library)


Goodrich, Samuel G.

Hardcover. Boston, Bradbury Soden & Co., 1st thus, 1844, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 320 pages, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard, extra engraved title page, many b&w text illustrations. Brown cloth with black leather spine stamped in gilt. Corner of tissue guard stuck to frontispiece. Pages with tanning to edges, about 20 leaves with crimps/dog-ears to top corner. Covers show mottling, discoloration to fore-edges, front and rear. Interior clean, binding tight.

Record # 411479


Price: $44.00 

 

Living in a Dream: Great Residences of the World


various authors

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 180 pages, color illustrations, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801469


Price: $18.00 

 

Long Way Home, The


Vinter, Helen

Hardcover. London, UK, Johnson Publications Ltd., 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 209 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Green cloth. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 809828


Price: $15.00 

 

Longhouse and Jungle: An Expedition to Sarawak


Arnold, Guy

Hardcover. London, Chatto and Windus, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Ex-library stamp on front and rear flyleaves. MInor rubbing to cover edge and spine slightly faded. Else clean, tight copy.

Record # 851624


Price: $20.00 

 

Looking at the sun: the rise of the new East Asian economic and political system


Fallows, James M.

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Pantheon Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Good, Dust jacket: Good, 517 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Foxing to dust jacket, top and fore edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467659

Record # 467659


Price: $13.00 

 

Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Burma, Cambodia


Swaan, Wim

Hardcover. London, Elek Books Limited, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Text and photographs by author. Gray cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated laminate dust jacket, monotone decorated endpapers, 18 small b&w figures, 103 large color and b&w plates. Slight wear to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a neat, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807100


Price: $20.00 

 

Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor


Swaan, Wim

Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 175 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856747


Price: $19.00 

Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant EconomyFirth, Raymond

Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy


Firth, Raymond

Softcover. New York, Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., Reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 444 pages. Softcover with normal wear and some residue on front and back cover. Foxing and staining on sides of text block.

Record # 2230579


Price: $19.00 

 

Malaya-Gaya Hidup Antara 1900-1930: Malaya-Lifestyles 1900-1930 (Malasian text)


Ng (Rtd.), Major David , Mazaffar D.J. Tate

Softcover. Malasia, Petaling Jaya, 1st, 1989, 135 pages. Softcover. In Malaysian text with English translations. Sepia and b/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good. Some slight tanning to pages and edges, but otherwise very clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. Using picture postcards, our authors seek to give us an idea of what life was like in Malaysia between 1900 and 1930.

Record # 31788


Price: $44.00 

 

Mao Against Khrushchev - A Short History of the Sino-Soviet Conflict


Floyd, David

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 57759


Price: $18.00 

 

Marques d'Empereurs: Sotheby's Auction Catalog December 18 2008


Sotheby's

Softcover. Paris, Sotheby's, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 pages, illustrated in color. Auction catalog featuring seals used by Chinese emperors. French and English text.

Record # 403895


Price: $18.00 

Masks and Men in a Melanesian Society: The Valuku or Tubuan of the Lakalai of New BritainValentine, C.A.

Masks and Men in a Melanesian Society: The Valuku or Tubuan of the Lakalai of New Britain


Valentine, C.A.

Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas, 1st Edition, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 76 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. White painted initials along upper spine, slight foxing to top of text block. Name of former owner in pen in front end papers.

Record # 33567


Price: $23.00 

Matter of Rats, A: A Short Biography of Patna Kumar , Amitava

Matter of Rats, A: A Short Biography of Patna


Kumar , Amitava

Hardcover. Durham NC , Duke University Press , 1st , 2014 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 116 pages. Light edge wear to bottom edge, otherwise Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 857339


Price: $19.00 

 

Miniatures from the East


Hajek, Lubor

Hardcover. London, Spring Books, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages of text, plus section of color plates. Red boards completely illustrated in color, brown cloth binding with gilt titles, photographs by Werner Forman, beautiful color and b&w plates throughout. Mild edgewear and slight rubbing to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, a very clean, neat copy.

Record # 850944


Price: $20.00 

 

Mission to Bokhara, A


Wolff, Joseph

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 254 pages. Previous owner's signature and labels on front end papers. Dust jacket with fading, light soiling, edgewear.

Record # 214345


Price: $13.00 

 

Modern Art of Asia: New Movements and Old Traditions


Japan Cultural Forum

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan, Toto Shuppan Company, Ltd, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. B&w and color plates. Red-orange cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket is price clipped with some spotting on underside. Comes in slip case. Slip case has spotting. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855848


Price: $25.00 

 

Monks and Merchants - Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China


Juliano, Annette L./Judith A. Lerner

Softcover. New York, Abrams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Slight bump to upper right corner. Clean, tight copy. International orders require additional postage due to the size and weight of this book.

Record # 608683


Price: $35.00 

 

Monsoon Asia


Dobby, E.H.G.

Hardcover . London, Univ. of London Press, 3rd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Many black & white diagrams, maps, black & white photos. About 20 pages marked, underlined. Spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Record # 62985


Price: $15.00 

 

Monumental Bali: Introduction to Balinese Archeology & Guide to the Monuments


Kempers, A. J. Bernet

Hardcover. US, Periplus Editions, 1st, 1995-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, previous owner's stamp on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464507


Price: $35.00 

 

Mountains of the Gods: The Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia


Cameron, Ian

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., Facts on File, 2nd printing, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear and scratching to dust jacket. Remainder stamp and slight soil to lower edge. Internally very good.

Record # 460460


Price: $15.00 

Museum of East Asian Art - Inaugural Exhibition - Volume 2 - Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts - April 3, 1993, TheMuseum of East Asian Art, The

Museum of East Asian Art - Inaugural Exhibition - Volume 2 - Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts - April 3, 1993, The


Museum of East Asian Art, The

Hardcover. Bath, Museum of East Asian Art, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Illustrated with full color photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612306


Price: $25.00 

 

Nagel Auktionen 29A China Tibet Juni 6/7 2005


Nagel Auktionen

Softcover. Stuttgart, Nagel Auktionen, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 544 pages, color plates throughout. An auction catalog featuring Chinese and Tibetan works of art, mostly German text, some briefer descriptions in English.

Record # 403894


Price: $35.00 

 

Naked Before the Mountain


Mazeaud, Pierre

Hardcover. London, Victor Gollancz, 1st English, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Translated by Geoffrey Sutton. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Green endpapers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in pen on front flyleaf. Brown cover boards, gilt title on spine. Light tanning and a few drops of soil to edges. Pages clean. In great shape. This book covers Mazeaud's mountaineering memories up to and covering the unfortunate and tragic 1971 Everest Expedition.

Record # 31754


Price: $44.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XXXIX January - June 1921 (Six issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines January - June 1921, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Several pages of color plates. Includes fold-out of a square-rigged sailing ship in tinted color: The Argosy of Geography, a color folding map of The New Asia (28 x 36"), and a Map of Europe with the new boundaries post-WW1. Bright, clean volume. Light chipping to spine labels.

Record # 415546


Price: $50.00 

 

Nearer and farther East - Outline Studies of Moslem Lands and of Siam, Burma, and Korea, The


Zwemer, Samuel M./Arthur J. Brown

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 325 pages. Illustrated with maps. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606927


Price: $40.00 

 

New Asian Architecture Vernacular Traditions and Contemporary Style


Lim, William S. W.

Hardcover. US, Periplus Editions, 1st, 1998-04-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464548


Price: $35.00 

 

New Japanese Painting and Sculpture, The


Miller, Dorothy and William Lieberman

Softcover. New York , Museum of Modern Art/Doubleday, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 116 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Clean, very good softcover.

Record # 407355


Price: $10.00 

 

Night of Purnama, The


Mathews, Anna

Softcover. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 1st paperback, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Wrapper has a touch of tanning from age, otherwise very good. Edges also have some tanning, pages clean. Binding tight. The tale of the six months of eruption of Gunung Agung, Bali's long-extinct volcano, in 1963. Authors give first-hand account.

Record # 31665


Price: $31.00 

 

Ninoy - For Justice and Reconciliation - Volume 3


Apostol (Editor), Eugenia D.

Softcover. Manila, Apostol/Mr. & Ms., 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A compilation of the third 12 in the weekly series by Mr. & Ms. - Numbers 25-36. Clear plastic cover over softcover wraps. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609983


Price: $30.00 

 

Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism 1876-1945


Eckert, Carter J.

Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages, hardcover. B&w plates. INSCRIBED BY ECKERT. Light foxing to edge and light wear to bottom edges of cover.

Record # 510084


Price: $65.00 

 

Old Hong Kong - Volume One 1860-1900


Wiltshire, Trea(Ed.)

Hardcover. Hong Kong, FormAsia, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Historical photos reproduced in sepia tone. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 176543


Price: $42.00 

 

Old Hong Kong - Volume Two 1901-1945


Wiltshire, Trea (Ed.)

Hardcover. Hong Kong, FormAsia, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 203 pages. Many historical photographs from the first half of the twentieth century. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 176544


Price: $42.00 

 

On the Missionary Trail - A Journey Through Polynesia, Asia, and Africa with the London Missionary Society


Hiney, Tom

New York, Atlantic-Monthly Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 367 pages. B&W illustrations.

Record # 303056


Price: $20.00 

 

On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Asia, and Africa With the London Missionary Society


Hiney, Tom

Hardcover. US, Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1st, 2000-10-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 367 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462700


Price: $10.00 

 

On Wings of Eagles: The Plight, Exodus, and Homecoming of Oriental Jewry


Schechtman, Joseph B.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 429 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine (slightly faded). Some agewear to cover boards at edges (see image). Some tanning to edges from age. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great shape for its age. Starting in 1948 over half a million Jews from Iraq, Yemen, Aden, Syria, Egypt, Libya to their homeland of Israel voluntarily relocated. This history of Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East describes in detail their mass exodus, how it was done and the impact on the countries left behind.

Record # 32247


Price: $19.00 

 

Only Man Is Vile: The Tragedy of Sri Lanka


McGowan, William

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Spine slightly slanted, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458774


Price: $25.00 

 

Orchid Growing - In the Tropics


Elliott, John/R. E. Holttum/Orchid Society of South East Asia

Hardcover. Singapore, Times Editions, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Hardcover. Full color photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611935


Price: $38.00 

 

Orient Observed - Images of the Middle East from the Searight Collection, The


Llewellyn, Briony

Softcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 147 pages. Softcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612737


Price: $23.00 

 

Oriental Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia


Thompson, Jon

Softcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Color pictures throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233410


Price: $19.00 

 

Oriental Rug, The:


Ellwanger, W. D.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 154 pages. "A Monograph on Easter Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, Etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors." Dark blue cloth covers with stamped graphic illustration, 12 color tissue-protected plates. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers, frontispiece detached from binding, otherwise binding very tight, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 808280


Price: $40.00 

 

Oriental Rugs of the Hajji Babas


Walker, Daniel S.

New York, Asia Society and Harry N. Abrams, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Contains 32 pages of text plus 50 color plates of oriental rugs. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Light creasing to dust jacket. Protective plastic cover taped to dust jacket and endpapers.

Record # 503928


Price: $15.00 

Orientalia: Sex In AsiaLouie, Reagan (Photographer)

Orientalia: Sex In Asia


Louie, Reagan (Photographer)

Softcover. New York, 1st, August 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages, color photographs throughout. A very clean, tight copy. For adults only.

Record # 451619


Price: $30.00 

 

Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture


Winchester, Simon

Hardcover. New York, Prentice Hall Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 496 pages. Red boards, black cloth spine with silver titles, illustrated dust jacket. Light rubbing to dust jacket, tiny nick to bottom of front boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807227


Price: $15.00 

 

Panoramas of the Far East


Conner, Lois

Paperback. Washington and London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages, paperback. Part of the Smithsonian Series, "Photographers at Work." Black-and-white panoramic photography of far eastern locales. Light edgewear, rubbing, and fading to wraps. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951498


Price: $19.00 

 

Panoramas of the Far East


Conner, Lois

Paperback. Washington and London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages, paperback. Part of the Smithsonian Series, "Photographers at Work." Black-and-white panoramic photography of far eastern locales. Light edgewear and fading to wraps. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951497


Price: $19.00 

Parliament of a Thousand Tribes: A Study of New GuineaWhite, Osmar

Parliament of a Thousand Tribes: A Study of New Guinea


White, Osmar

Hardcover. Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows minor normal wear and fading to spine edge. Tight copy with underlining in pencil in some places.

Record # 2230943


Price: $15.00 

 

Patpong Sisters


Odzer, Cleo

Hardcover. New York , Blue Moon Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 854642


Price: $12.00 

 

Peake in China: Memoirs of Ernest Cromwell Peake


Peake, Ernest Cromwell, Hillary Spurling (Introduction)

Hardcover. London, England, British Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, nearly new condition. "Peake sailed as a young doctor in 1899 for a part for China where few people had ever seen a Westerner before, and his account of his subsequent career is vivid, sometimes startling, and almost entirely free of the self-righteous religiosity that makes most mission memoirs hard to read."

Record # 32165


Price: $25.00 

Peter Kuper's Comics Trips: A Journal of Travels through Africa and Southeast AsiaKuper, Peter, Illust. by: Peter  Kuper

Peter Kuper's Comics Trips: A Journal of Travels through Africa and Southeast Asia


Kuper, Peter, Illust. by: Peter Kuper

Softcover. Northampton MA, Tundra, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 56 pages, illustrated in b&w and color by Kuper. Light shelfwear, price sticker residue on rear cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411263


Price: $19.00 

 

Phasian Bird, The


Williamson, Henry

London, Faber and Faber, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Related article laid in.

Record # 204550


Price: $12.00 

Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940sNewton, Gael

Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940s


Newton, Gael

Softcover. Australia, National Gallery of Australia, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Includes extensive notes and documentation accompanying photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 468425


Price: $25.00 

Poetics of Gardens, TheMoore, Charles W.

Poetics of Gardens, The


Moore, Charles W.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA , The MIT Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468460


Price: $44.00 

Political Economy of Mountain Java, The: An Interpretive HistoryHefner, Robert W.

Political Economy of Mountain Java, The: An Interpretive History


Hefner, Robert W.

Softcover. University of California Press, 1st, May 12, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages, b&w photographs. Light edgewear to wrappers. Else clean and tight.

Record # 454582


Price: $12.00 

Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist MastersFarber, Don

Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters


Farber, Don

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 180 pages. Photos in color throughout. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460347


Price: $19.00 

 

Post-Soeharto Indonesia: Renewal or Chaos?


Forrester (ed), Geoff

Softcover. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. 255 pages. Light shelf wear.

Record # 502202


Price: $18.00 

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 1 Primal Elements: The Oral Tradition Vatsyayan, Kapila

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 1 Primal Elements: The Oral Tradition


Vatsyayan, Kapila

Hardcover. New Delhi, D. K. Publishers India, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket. Slight fading along jacket spine. Some dogeared pages and spine separating from text block along back cover seem.

Record # 2230733


Price: $31.00 

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 4 The Nature of MatterVatsyayan, Kapila

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 4 The Nature of Matter


Vatsyayan, Kapila

Hardcover. New Delhi, D. K. Publishers India, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight fading along jacket spine, and normal minor wear. Otherwise tight and clean copy.

Record # 2230732


Price: $38.00 

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 5 Man in NatureVatsyayan, Kapila

Prakrti the Integral Vision: Vol. 5 Man in Nature


Vatsyayan, Kapila

Hardcover. New Delhi, D. K. Publishers India, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor wear and fading to jacket spine, fold to inside jacket flap, uncut pages/printer's error on pages 197, 199. Spine slightly cocked.

Record # 2230734


Price: $38.00 

 

Preliminary Study of an Equipment Maintenance Organization for the Red Horse Squadrons in South Vietnam


N/A

Hardcover. Manila, Philippines, Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila, Inc., 1st, no date, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Letters and pull out diagrams throughout, gilt titles. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853988


Price: $20.00 

Principles of Poetry: Shi No Genri (Cornell East Asia, No. 96)Hagiwara, Sakutaro

Principles of Poetry: Shi No Genri (Cornell East Asia, No. 96)


Hagiwara, Sakutaro

Softcover. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell Univ East Asia Program, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 170 pages. Minor wear to covers, old price-sticker to rear cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453767


Price: $12.00 

 

Rainbow Fairy Book: Classic fairy Tales Edited by Andrew Lang: Illustrated by Michael Hague


Lang, Andrew, Micahel Hague (Illustrator), Illust. by: Michael Hague

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover. color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket price clipped. Gilt title on spine. In excellent condition, clean and bright inside and out. "These 31 stories feature the best of Lang, from Hans Christian Andersen's literary tales to the traditional stories preserved by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm tot he timeless folktales of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Native America.

Record # 30824


Price: $23.00 

 

Rarities of the Musee Guimet


Auboyer (Introduction), Jeannine

Hardcover. New York, Asia Society, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 121 pages, illustrated in b&w, some color. Dust with light edgewear, minor fade to spine. Previous owner

Price: $25.00 

 

Reaction to World News Events and the Influence of Mass Media in an Indian Village


Poffenberger, Thomas/Shirley B. Poffenberger

Softcover. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan/ Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Pamphlet. Green paper covers with sun fading to spine and edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610794


Price: $15.00 

 

Red Randall on New Guinea


Bowen, R. Sidney

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Tinting to pages. Remainder spray to top edge. Dust jacket has some spotting on front flap and stamps to underside. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855719


Price: $19.00 

 

Reflections of the Spirit: Japanese Gardens in America


Oster, Maggie

Hardcover. Dutton Studio Books, New York, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in full color. Dust jacket in price clipped with light wear to edges and spine. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 458786


Price: $25.00 

 

Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia


Ishwaran, K.

Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill , 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages, edited by Bardwell L. Smith, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Light wear to dust jacket; overall, book in great condition.

Record # 803271


Price: $19.00 

Religion and Societies: Asia and the Middle East Carlo Caldarola (ed.)

Religion and Societies: Asia and the Middle East


Carlo Caldarola (ed.)

Hardcover. Berlin, Mouton, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 696 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230609


Price: $25.00 

 

Religion and the Legitimation of Power in South Asia


Ishwaran, K.

Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1st, 1978, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages, SIGNED BY EDITOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER, edited by Bardwell L. Smith, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, color dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket; book in excellent condition.

Record # 803268


Price: $19.00 

 

Religions of Tibet, The


Hoffmann, Helmut

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 199 pages, b&w illustrations, brown cloth covers in a dust jacket that has edgewear.

Record # 405305


Price: $25.00 

 

Religious Observances in Tibet: Patterns and Function


Ekvall, Robert B.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st Edition, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Light pencil underlining throughout. Some slight tanning to pages and light foxing to edges. Binding good. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of agewear (see images). Ekvall's many years in Tibet and his command of its language eminently qualify him to recapture the essence of this religion-centered country.

Record # 33459


Price: $19.00 

Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold WarMandler, Peter

Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War


Mandler, Peter

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 366 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230580


Price: $19.00 

 

Revolt in Tibet, The


Morris, Frank

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Water marks to front and back boards. Tinting around pages. Tinting to end papers. Several stamps on back side of dust jacket. Dust jacket is also tinting. Tight copy.

Record # 855718


Price: $15.00 

 

Richly Woven Traditions - Costumes of the Miao of Southwest China and Beyond - China House Gallery - October 24, 1987 - January 3, 1988


China House Gallery/China Institute in America

Softcover. New York, China Institute in America, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611508


Price: $19.00 

 

River's Tale, The: A Year on the Mekong


Gargan, Edward A.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Deckled foreedge. Gray cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. A deeply informed personal chronicle of a remarkable journey down the Mekong River as it runs through China.

Record # 32046


Price: $19.00 

 

Royal Ceremonies for the Rattanakosin Bicentennial


Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary to Commemorate the Rattanakosin Bicentennial

Hardcover. Thailand, Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary to Commemorate the Rattanakosin Bicentennial, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paginated in Thai, printed in Thai and English. Front cover illustrated in full color, gold spine with white embossed titles, gilt titles to front, red glossy textured endpapers, profusely illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, laid-in Thai insert. Previous owner's short inscription to preface page printed in Thai, slight edgewear, pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely copy in great condition.

Record # 807293


Price: $40.00 

 

Royal Photograph Gallery


Ridpath, John Clark (Introduction)

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Manufacturers Book Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations/plates throughout. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine and design on front (slightly faded). A faint moisture stain to front cover but no warping. A bump or two to edges of covers and a touch of fraying to corners. Binding tight, spine straight. Some tanning from age to edges and pages. Incredible old photographs of the royalty of the world in the mid 1800's. In amazing shape for its age.

Record # 31726


Price: $50.00 

 

Rugs and Carpets from Central Asia


Tzareva, Elena

Hardcover. Leningrad, Aurora Publishers, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Enclosed in slipcase. Color and b/w photographs throughout. Gilt on spine, gilt decoration on front board. Original price tag on back, bottom right. Clean inside.

Record # 30087


Price: $50.00 

Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental ConstraintsEngelmann, Kurt E. (Editor)

Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental Constraints


Engelmann, Kurt E. (Editor)

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459489


Price: $15.00 

 

Russia and Japan, and a Complete History of the War in the Far East


Unger, Frederic William

Hardcover. W. E. Scull, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages, profusely illustrated with half-tone engravings and artists' drawings throughout, illustrated cover on red cloth board. previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, light corner and edge wear, minor foxing on top edge, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 854516


Price: $25.00 

 

Russia and Nationalism in Central Asia: The Case of Tadzhikistan


Rakowska-Harmstone, Teresa

Hardcover. Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 325 pages. Light soiling on rear dust jacket cover. Dust jacket price clipped. Small crease on top edge of front dust jacket flap. Minor tanning along edges of rear dust jacket flap. Slight foxing on top edge. Nice, unmarked copy.

Record # 856231


Price: $23.00 

Sacred Horses: Memoirs of a Turkmen CowboyMaslow, Jonathan

Sacred Horses: Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy


Maslow, Jonathan

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468548


Price: $25.00 

 

Sandglass, The


Gunesekera, Romesh

Hardcover. New York, The New York Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title and decoration on spine. In excellent shape. Binding tight. Clean and bright inside and out.

Record # 31018


Price: $19.00 

 

Schopenhauer


Hamlyn, D.W.

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Law Book Co of Australasia, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 181 pages. Light wear, crease to dust jacket protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Erasure and white-out marks on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453814


Price: $40.00 

 

Search for the Panchen Lama


Hilton, Isabel

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton, 1st U.S., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 334 pages, b&w photos, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801167


Price: $8.00 

 

Seattle Art Museum Treasures: Four Decades of Collecting


N/A

Softcover. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 1st, 1973, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial, stapled wrappers. Exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum. 28 pp., b/w illustrations. Documents five basic categories: Asiatic; Ancient Near East and Classic; Western Art; 20th Century & Northwest Art; and Tribal Arts. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 805908


Price: $8.00 

 

Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen


Strathern, Andrew

Hardcover. London, Backworth, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate abrasion and ripping on top edge of jacket with taped repairs. Slight foxing on inner cover.

Record # 2230450


Price: $23.00 

 

Seven Years in Ceylon - Stories of Mission Life


Leitch, Mary & Margaret

Softcover. NY, American Tract Society, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 170 pages. B&W photos. cardboard covers worn, missing front fly leaf (opens to title page).Ex-lib with bookplate, residue to end papers, still a solid reading copy of this early account of life on the Indian continent.

Record # 300741


Price: $20.00 

 

Shadow and Sound - The Historical Thought of a Sumatran People


Siegel, James

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. Illustrated with black & white lists. seals.

Record # 502952


Price: $20.00 

 

Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring


Willoughby, Charles A.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. B&W illustrations. Missing dust jacket. Gilt title to spine with slight wear. Slight wear to corners and slight foxing to all edges. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850102


Price: $15.00 

 

Sherpas Transformed, The: Social Change in a Buddhist Society of Nepal


von Furer-Haimendorf, Chritstoph

Hardcover. New Dehli, India, Sterling Publishers, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 197 pages, b&w photos. Light wear and sunning to mylar protected dust jacket with small chip missing from lower edge of spine. Light sunning to black cloth, overall a nice copy.

Record # 809800


Price: $35.00 

 

Siberia and Central Asia


Bookwalter, John W.

Hardcover. New York , Frederick A. Stokes, 2nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 548 pages, illustrated with many b&w photographs taken by the author in 1898. Ex-library copy wth spine lettering, end paper residue, light stamping. The map is missing from the back cover pocket. Blue cloth covers with gilt design of horsedrawn wagon on front. The book is tight and overall in very good condition.

Record # 511978


Price: $42.00 

Silk Roads: Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre MalrauxMadsen, Axel

Silk Roads: Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux


Madsen, Axel

hardcover. London, I.B.Tauris, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 299 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469627


Price: $10.00 

Simon and Schuster book of Oriental Carpets, The Curatola, Giovanni

Simon and Schuster book of Oriental Carpets, The


Curatola, Giovanni

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages, illustrated throughout with nearly 250 full color plates. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459937


Price: $31.00 

 

Solar Radiation in Malaysia - A Study on Availability and Distribution of Solar Energy in Malaysia


Chuah, Donald G. S./S. L. Lee

Softcover. Singapore, Oxford, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 122 pages. Features black & white charts, graphs, and maps. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609626


Price: $40.00 

Solitary Survivor: The First American Pow in Southeast AsiaLawrence R., Jr. Bailey

Solitary Survivor: The First American Pow in Southeast Asia


Lawrence R., Jr. Bailey

Hardcover. Washington, 1st, November 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 214 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black boards, illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451788


Price: $20.00 

Solomon Island Society, A: Kinship and Leadership Among the Siuai of BougainvilleOliver, Douglas L.

Solomon Island Society, A: Kinship and Leadership Among the Siuai of Bougainville


Oliver, Douglas L.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st Edition, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 533 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket has chipping and fading to spine, with old tape repairs to inside. Slight foxing to top of text block, blemishes to side and bottom.

Record # 33569


Price: $35.00 

 

Sotheby's: Japanese and Korean Art (New York, Tuesday March 21, 2000)


Sotheby's

Softcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. A touch of tanning to edges of pages and covers. Binding tight, pages clean. Auction catalog.

Record # 31836


Price: $19.00 

 

Sotheby's: Netsuke From the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell (New York, Tuesday March 12, 2000)


Sotheby's

Softcover. New York, Sotheby's , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. A touch of tanning to edges of pages and covers. Binding tight, pages clean. Auction catalog.

Record # 31835


Price: $15.00 

 

South Asian Library and Research Notes - Vol. VI - South Asian Microform Union List of citations in South Asian Microform Newsletter South Asian Library and Research Notes


Ferguson, Joan M./Henry Ferguson

Hardcover. Albany, Educational Resources Center/SUNY, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages. Green cloth covers with gilt titles. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610661


Price: $15.00 

 

Southeast Asia: Illusion and Reality in Politics and Economics


Mills, Lennox A.

Hardcover. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 365 pages. Dust jacket price clipped with sunned spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 854628


Price: $15.00 

 

Spice Islands Voyage, The: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution


Severin, Tim

Hardcover. New York, Carroll & Graf Publishers, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A journey to the tropical wilderness of Indonesia; a quest to rediscover Darwin's forgotten partner, Alfred Wallace. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Mild age spotting to top text block edge. Color photographs and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952431


Price: $15.00 

 

Spirited Earth, The: Dance, Myth, and Ritual from South Asia to the South Pacific


Ginn, Victoria

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 191 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket has a touch of moisture damage to back. Otherwise clean inside and out.

Record # 30930


Price: $19.00 

 

Spoonful of Ginger, A : Irresistible Health-Giving Recipes from Asian Kitchens


Simonds, Nina

Hardcover. New York, 6th printing, April 20, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light wear and scratching to dust jacket, slight damp-stain to lower edge of the first few pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 457504


Price: $10.00 

 

Sporting Journeys in Asia and Africa


Crowe, Philip K.

Hardcover. Barre, MA, Barre Publishers, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 183 pages, b&w photos. Limited ed. 1/2500 copies. Green cloth, no dust jacket. clean, tight copy.

Record # 854709


Price: $15.00 

 

Sporting Journeys In Asia and Africa


Crowe, Philip K.

Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers, 1st, ltd., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages including index. Number 624 of a limited edition printing of 2500. Brown dust jacket shows very minor edgwear. Price-clipped. Previous owner name stamp on front inside cover. Otherwise very good.

Record # 501747


Price: $15.00 

 

Stalking the Nightmare


Ellison, Harlan

Hardcover. Huntington Woods, MI, Phantasia Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 332 pages, very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Stephen King.

Record # 800375


Price: $12.00 

 

Steven Ehrlich Architect


Ehrlich, Steven

hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Intro. by Ehrlich. A monograph of the firm's work. Illust. in color, black & white. 231 pages.

Record # 64801


Price: $16.00 

 

Strangers from a Different Shore: A Histoy of Asian Americans


Takaki, Ronald

Hardcover. Boston MA, Little, Brown, 1st edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 570 pages, some b&w photographs. Foxing to top edge, but otherwise very tight and clean.

Record # 850004


Price: $15.00 

Studies in the Anthropology of Bougainville, Solomon IslandsOliver, Douglas L.

Studies in the Anthropology of Bougainville, Solomon Islands


Oliver, Douglas L.

Softcover. New York, Kraus Reprint Co., Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 97 pages. Softcover. Normal age wear and fading, title and author's name in pen along spine, name of former owner in pen on title page. Spine cocked but tight.

Record # 33571


Price: $38.00 

 

Studio: Asia: A Famous Artist-Correspondent Reports on the Korean War and the Turbulent East.


Groth, John, Illust. by: John Groth

Hardcover. Cleveland, OH, World Publishing Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Hardcover. Sepia illustrations by author throughout. Decorated endpapers. Cover boards bound in orange cloth, tan quarter cloth, gilt title on blue on spine and gilt title on front cover board. Dust jacket price clipped, has some tanning from age, covered in protective plastic. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape for its age.

Record # 32156


Price: $19.00 

 

Studio: Asia


Groth, John

Hardcover. Cleveland/New York, The World Publishing Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages, illustrated throughout by the author. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on illustrated front end paper. Light edgewear, rubbing and tearing to dust jacket with small cut trough middle of front cover.

Record # 856993


Price: $38.00 

 

Support: The Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques for Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand


Khunying Oranush Isarangkun Na Ayudhta

Hardcover. Thailand, Thanakhan Echia, 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Lavishly illustrated oversize volume produced in celebration of the 60th birthday of Sirikit, Queen of Thailand, patron of Thai arts and crafts. 428 pages, text and picture captions in Thai and English. Beautiful copy with pictorial paper boards in pictorial dust jacket and gilded pictorial slip case. Light wear to case, else like new.

Record # 605617


Price: $96.00 

 

Surimono: Prints By Elbow


Polster, Edythe and Alfred H. Marks

Hardcover. Washington DC, Lovejoy Press, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 494 pages, giant folio, 12" x 19", publisher's original raw silk cloth with white lettering silkscreened on front board and spine. Omitted plate by Gakutei tipped in at rear. Biographies and color illustrations by 74 master Japanese artists. Number 147 of 1050 copies. Beautiful condition.

Record # 406232


Price: $375.00 

Taiwan's Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave (Taiwan in the Modern World)Tien, Hung-Mao

Taiwan's Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave (Taiwan in the Modern World)


Tien, Hung-Mao

Softcover. London, Routledge, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Softcover. Light edgewear to wrappers otherwise clean tight copy.

Record # 468187


Price: $15.00 

 

Takashi Murakami. Kaikai kiki


Collectif

Hardcover. Paris, Actes Sud, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Text in French and English. 105 pages+ index. Illustrated throughout in color. Minor rubbing to pictorial covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458588


Price: $313.00 

 

Tamarind Book of Lithography, The: Art & Techniques


Antreasian, Garo & Clinton Adams

Softcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 463 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Slight edgewear and rubbing to wrappers. Internally clean.

Record # 854719


Price: $25.00 

 

Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques, The


Antreasian, Garo and Clinton Adams

Paperback. NY, Harry N. Abrams , reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 463 pages, paperback with French flaps. Comprehensive guide to the art and techniques of creating fine lithographs. 479 illustrations, including 87 in full color. Soiling to front wraps, edgewear to wraps as well. Slight upward crease to front wraps. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951231


Price: $31.00 

 

Technical Training and Development in Papua, 1894-1941


Austin, Tony

Softcover. Canberra, AU, Australian National University, 1977, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Softcover. Some fading and wear on cover. Small price stickers on front cover. Unidentified signature on front cover.

Record # 2230449


Price: $25.00 

 

Terracotta Warriors and Horses at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang


Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute

Hardcover. Seoul, Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute, 1st?, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Primary text in Korean? - 6 pages of text in English. Hardcover. Full color photographs and black & white drawings. Rear cover slightly bowed due to binding error. Dust jacket with sun fade along top 3" of rear, and to title on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612224


Price: $38.00 

Thai Street Food: Authentic Recipes, Vibrant TraditionsThompson, David

Thai Street Food: Authentic Recipes, Vibrant Traditions


Thompson, David

Hardcover. New York, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Minor wear and scuffing to covers. Small stain to bottom of text block.

Record # 2230893


Price: $63.00 

 

The Indian Sale - 23 May, 2006 - Sale LO6221


Sotheby's London

Softcover. London, Sotheby's, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. 222 pages, illustrated throughout in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 809922


Price: $20.00 

 

The Indian Sale: Including Miniatures and Modern and Contemporary Paintings - 24 May, 2007 - Sale LO7221


Sotheby's London

Softcover. London, Sotheby's, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. 215 pages, illustrated throughout in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 809921


Price: $20.00 

 

The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi


Popham, Peter

Hardcover. New York, The Experiment, LLC, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. B/w photographs throughout. Clean inside and out! The definitive biography of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader.

Record # 30114


Price: $15.00 

 

The Last Heathen: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia


Montgomery, Charles

Softcover. Vancouver, BC, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages. Light wear to pictorial wrappers, small stain to top edge, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 452934


Price: $10.00 

 

The Magic Boat


Muchen, Jiang, Illust. by: Ye Yuzhong

Beijing, Dolphin, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 46 pages. Color illustrations by Ye Yuzhong. Gift inscription on title page. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Record # 207772


Price: $12.00 

 

The Vanishing Jungle: The Story of the World Wildlife Fund Expeditions to Pakistan


Mountfort, Guy

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 286 pages, end paper maps, b&w and color illustrations. Dust jacket has edgewear and chipping. Book is very good, tight, clean.

Record # 407819


Price: $15.00 

Through the burning steppe: a wartime memoirKozhina, Elena Fedorovna

Through the burning steppe: a wartime memoir


Kozhina, Elena Fedorovna

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468991


Price: $10.00 

 

Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma


Brookes, Stephen

Hardcover. US, Wiley, 1st, 2001-04-13, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 261 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462670


Price: $13.00 

 

Tibet


Jigmei, Ngapo N. and others

Hardcover. NY, Gallery Books, Rep., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Preface by Harrison Salisbury. Color photos throughout. 296 pages.

Record # 64303


Price: $44.00 

 

Tibetan Carpet, The


Denwood, Philip

Hardcover. Warminster UK, Aris and Phillips Ltd., reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 101 pages, illustrated in color and b&w, tipped-in color frontispiece. Terra-cotta cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Small bump to top corner, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 405874


Price: $63.00 

 

To Bear Any Burden - The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians


Santoli, Al

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 105971


Price: $8.00 

To Sing with Pigs is Human: The Concept of Person in Papua New GuineaGoodale, Jane C.

To Sing with Pigs is Human: The Concept of Person in Papua New Guinea


Goodale, Jane C.

Softcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 1st Edition, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages. Softcover. Inscription by author on title page. minor bumps to lower back cover edge. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 33573


Price: $25.00 

Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam WarMo

Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War


Mo

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471790


Price: $23.00 

 

Tools and Practices - Change and continuity in the Cambodian countryside - An Exhibition: March - May 2001


Daravuth, Ly/Ingrid Muan/Preap Chan Mara/ Chourn Bunnath/Van Sovanny/Khun Sovanrith

Softcover. Cambodia, Reyum, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with full color photographs and black & white drawings. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612573


Price: $50.00 

Tournament of Shadows : The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central AsiaMeyer, Karl E.

Tournament of Shadows : The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia


Meyer, Karl E.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 644 pages, b&w photographs, illustrated end paper. Dust jacket in protective mylar. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450819


Price: $18.00 

 

Trade and Structural Change in Pacific Asia


Bradford, Jr. (eds.), Colin I. and William H. Branson

Hardcover. New York, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1st, 1987, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, 578 pages. Still packaged in original shrinkwrap. Dark yellow cloth covers, dark yellow dust jacket. Book in New condition.

Record # 807314


Price: $40.00 

Transformation of Nepal, The Lindsey, Quentin W.

Transformation of Nepal, The


Lindsey, Quentin W.

Hardcover. 1st, January 16, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 379 pages. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452973


Price: $12.00 

Treasures from the Rietberg MuseumBrinker, Helmut & Eberhard Fischer

Treasures from the Rietberg Museum


Brinker, Helmut & Eberhard Fischer

Hardcover. New York, Asia Society, in association with J. Weatherhill, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 174 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460436


Price: $25.00 

 

Treasures of Asia - Chinese Painting


Cahill, James

Hardcover. Geneva, Skira , Reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 214 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color tipped-in plates. Dust jacket with wear along edges, darkening along spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612777


Price: $31.00 

 

Treasures of Asia: Japanese Painting


Akiyama, Terukazu

Hardcover. Geneva, SKIRA, Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 217 pages. Tipped-in, color plates throughout. Chipping to dust jacket covers. Some tanning/staining to rear cover and flaps. Light scratches on rear cover. Minor tape repairs to back of covers. Dust jacket now protected by clear plastic. Light foxing to all edges. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856413


Price: $44.00 

 

Tropical Asian House


Powell, Robert

Hardcover. US, Periplus Editions, 1st, 1998-05-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464550


Price: $31.00 

 

Tropics of Empire, The: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies


Wey Gomez, Nicolas

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A recreation of the complex and and now forgotten world of cosmological and geographical learning within which Columbus planned his voyage to Asia. Many color illustrations and maps throughout. Slant to spine; binding unaffected. Light soiling to top edge text block. Mild bumping to corners, light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. A bright copy.

Record # 951583


Price: $48.00 

 

Turning Wheel, The - Thirty Years of the Asian Revolution by a Correspondant for The New Yorker


Shaplen, Robert

Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st , 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 398 pages. previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, dust jacket with light edgewear, fade to spine

Record # 175467


Price: $18.00 

 

Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics


Koyama, Fujio & John Figgess

Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 377 pages. 173 illustrations, with 54 tipped-in colorplates. Large, heavy folio. Edgewear, rubbing and tearing to dust jacket with chip missing from lower edge of front cover, and small strip missing from rear cover. Faint tanning to pages. Internally very good.

Record # 857042


Price: $100.00 

 

Two Wheels of Dhamma - Essays on the Theravada tradition in India and Ceylon, The


Obeyesekere, Gananath/Frank Reynolds/Bardwell L. Smith

Softcover. Chambersburg, American Academy of Religion, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. American Academy of Religion Studies in Religion - Number Three. Previous owners initials at top right edge of front cover. Sun fading to spine, and areas of covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610655


Price: $20.00 

Utilitarian Confucianism: Ch'en Liang's Challenge to Chu HsiTillman, Hoyt Cleveland

Utilitarian Confucianism: Ch'en Liang's Challenge to Chu Hsi


Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Asia Center, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Blue cloth, silver title to front and spine, no dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge, else like new.

Record # 453738


Price: $28.00 

 

Vanguard, The - A Fantasia


Bennett, Arnold

Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st , 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Edgewear to cloth spine hinges.

Record # 100252


Price: $12.00 

 

Viet Nam: Where East & West Meet


Minh, Do Van

Italy, Quattro Venti, nd (1960s), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 144 pages. Contains numerous black & white illustrations from photos. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Light yellowing to edges of pages. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 503955


Price: $10.00 

 

Visit to India, China and Japan, in the Year 1853, A


Taylor, Bayard

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1st, 1855, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 539 pages. Hardcover. Ex-Library copy with stamp at bottom of half title page; Bookplate on inside front cover. Front endpaper is loose from book. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Card envelope has been gently removed from rear inside cover. Pages 305/306 and 307/308 missing bits of paper at top corner - no lost text. Half leather spine and corners over Marbled boards. Light fade and wear to spine. Spine titles in gilt. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613220


Price: $100.00 

Vunamami: Economic Transformation in a Traditional SocietySalisbury, Richard F.

Vunamami: Economic Transformation in a Traditional Society


Salisbury, Richard F.

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st Edition, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 389 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some fading, wear, slight chipping to top. Stamp of former owner in front end papers, clean tight copy.

Record # 33568


Price: $15.00 

Walt Disney's Fantasia (MOVIE POSTER)Disney, Walt

Walt Disney's Fantasia (MOVIE POSTER)


Disney, Walt

Burbank CA, Walt Disney Productions/Buena Vista, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, One-sheet, single sided (27 " X 41") original movie poster, folded, done for the re-release in stereophonic sound. Featuring Mickey Mouse conducting from mountain top. Light creasing along folds.

Record # 412945


Price: $88.00 

 

Watershed Development in Asia: Strategies and Technologies


Doolette, John B.

Softcover. Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 227 pages, minor edge wear and fade, light water stains on back cover, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 457219


Price: $45.00 

 

Western World and Japan, The: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures


Sansom, G. B.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 504 pages, plus index in rear, with black & white illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear and chip, light foxing on fore edge, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise, internally clean and bright.

Record # 854596


Price: $12.00 

 

Whistling Hunters, The - Field Studies of the Asiatic Wild Dog


Fox, Michael W.

Albany, NY, SUNY, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. 150 pages.

Record # 65954


Price: $31.00 

 

Wide Angle - Volume 11, Number 3 - Asian Film


Wide Angle Magazine

Softcover. Athens, OUSF, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 50 pages plus ads. Magazine format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Library date stamp at top right corner of index page. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 611488


Price: $19.00 

 

Wings from Burma to the Himalayas


Gordon, John W.

Hardcover. Middleburg NY, privately printed, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf with his stamp on the same page. Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 407229


Price: $25.00 

 

World of Villages, A - A Six-year Journey Through Africa and Asia


Schwartz, Brian M.

NY, Crown, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages.

Record # 65128


Price: $23.00 

 

World's Whales: The Complete Illustrated Guide


Minasian, Stanley M.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456257


Price: $12.00 

 

Youngman Collection - Chinese Jades - From Neolithic to Qing, The


Youngman, Robert P./J. May Lee Barrett/Fang Jing Pei/David Huiwei Shen

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, Inc., 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 612300


Price: $100.00 

 

Zen Painting & Calligraphy


Fontein, Jan and Money L. Hickman

Softcover. Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 173 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light wear and soil to wrappers with slight crease to spine. Internally clean.

Record # 458436


Price: $23.00 


  

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